[ 2014-11-25 ]

CDD boss blasts “haphazard”,"absurd" creation of ministries
Ghana’s current and former presidents have
“abused 100%” the provision of the
Constitution that gives them the powers to create
ministries unilaterally, and that must be checked,
argues the boss of the Ghana Center for Democratic
Development (CDD-Ghana).

The Executive Director of the non-profit policy
research and advocacy organisation, Professor
Edward Gyimah-Boadi has called for that aspect of
the 1992 Constitution to be looked at again
because “it is wrong and very
unconstructive.”

Speaking to Accra-based Citi FM, Tuesday, Prof.
Gyimah-Boadi said although the supreme document of
the land did not put a cap on the creation or
appointment of ministers, the practice is becoming
inimical to the ailing economy and good governance
in general.

“What does it do for the development of the
nation and good governance when the president can
unilaterally create a new ministry and agency
without parliamentary approval,” the political
scientist probed.

“Do you realise how much havoc this whole thing
does to the budget of the nation. Why do we keep
acting in this haphazard manner,” Prof.
Gyimah-Boadi stressed. “That makes the
Constitution unhelpful and undevelopmental. This
is totally absurd and we got to ask ourselves what
are we doing?”

President John Mahama over the weekend announced
the creation of a Power Ministry with a new
minister in a bid to solve the ongoing power
crisis in the oil-producing country. The executive
decision has been greeted with severe public
backlash.

Source - Starrfmonline

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